RAHUL DRAVID_ 53_ RUNS VS NEW ZEALAND @ CENTURION IN 2003.

Anay Berwer

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00:00Rahul Dravid, next man in, lots of responsibility on his shoulders, wickets are 40

00:09Gone! Down!

00:11Thought he had it! Grasped it!

00:13Goodness me, McCullum is the keeper, he moved nicely into the gloves and then turfed it

00:20Whenever he's bowled fuller, he's created problems for the Indian batsman

00:24This is over pitch and wide, and that's the reason Dravid went after it

00:29Just got the impression he was grabbing at it

00:35He knew that was a big one, that would have been the fourth for New Zealand

00:40Just maybe hard hands on that one, Dravid should consider himself very very fortunate, keepers gobble those

00:53Through the gap, forget about chasing that, that's beautifully timed

00:58It's 27 for 3

01:04That was the Yorker, just a little full

01:08Just too full and too wide

01:15Well he's got to go for wickets, Shane Bond, there's no doubt about it, and I just got the feeling Dravid was expecting it

01:21Bat coming down, in good time, just slicing it away, fast point

01:29That's the problem Fleming will have, he has to attack, he has to try and pick up wickets

01:33Which means, as a batsman if you play the waiting game, you will have the opportunities to get the boundary

01:42That's flashed away, if you're going to play the shot, play it hard, top edge and it's flown away for 4

01:49The other thing just to think about is the fact that Raul Dravid is keeping wickets, so maybe that's a factor

01:57If you're going to flash, flash hard, he's got a lot of bats on that, it's flown over

02:03It's put away and will go for 4, lovely way for India to finish the over, 79 now for 3

02:21Go, go, go, go

02:27Looking for 2, should be able to pick up 2, Nathan Astle is down there

02:32And they stroll back comfortably for the 2nd

02:40He's played it fine, he'll look for the 2nd, there's a 3rd man there

02:44And eventually makes it, oh no, the 3rd umpire has been called for Peter Willey

02:50Asking the question, Dravid thinks he's made it, there isn't too much excitement in the New Zealand camp

02:58Well I thought it was touch and go, good flat throw from the deep

03:03Shane Bond was the fielder, Raul Dravid quickly across for the 2nd

03:09And yes, got there in the end, stretched really well, extended his arms to ground the bat

03:19And yes, couple of frames in

03:23This is absolutely brilliant running from Raul Dravid

03:27Must be tired and not out is the call from the 3rd umpire

03:33Indians looking for the pull and he'll get the boundary

03:36Not from the meat of the bat, but there was a lot of vacant space in that area

03:41And the partnership is now 100 runs

03:48It was a good shot from Raul Dravid in the end because he rigged the length really well

03:52Chris Harris not very quick so Dravid had plenty of time to go back

03:58Beautiful stroke, he's batted so nicely

04:02He really has, in several games when he's been needed, Raul Dravid the vice captain has come in and done it

04:09It was beautifully played, one of the best shots in the game, the on drive

04:13It's just hitting through the line, good footwork, getting to the pitch of the ball and finding the gap

04:17And he's got it, he's got it, he's got it, he's got it, he's got it, he's got it

04:21And another one, consecutive boundaries

04:27And the Indians doing it in style here

04:30I mentioned one of the features of this performance

04:33They've not panicked, Robin, they've been under pressure three occasions

04:36Once against Pakistan when Kandulko was dismissed

04:39And now they've got it, they've got it, they've got it, they've got it, they've got it

04:42And now they've got it, they've got it, they've got it, they've got it, they've got it

04:45And now they've got it, they've got it, they've got it, they've got it

04:48Pakistan when Kandulko was dismissed

04:50Then against Kenya

04:52Then here today when they were 22 for 3

04:54And they've looked very composed

05:02Gaines is busy again

05:04Styrus has been guilty of just drifting down that leg side

05:07Four more, and India get ever closer as Rahul Gravid

05:11Goes to a very valuable 50 indeed

05:15Well once again when the chips were down

05:18He's delivered

05:20He's come up with the goods

05:22He's strung a good partnership here with KF

05:24And another half century for Rahul Gravid

05:27And his consistent run against New Zealand continues

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